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MONTREAL, Nov. 21.-â€"~The Court of Ap- peals gave Judgment today in an important case between the Bank of Ontario and the Union Bank of Lower Canada. About twelve months since an American lawyer named Charles Deton came to this city and opened a Imell account at the Bank of Ontario. A few days subsequently he cullcd and pre‘ B’entvd 1]. draft on the Union Bank here from its head oflico in Quebec fr 1' 32,500, and re- quested to have it placed to hie credit, 80 that he could draw against it for the purpose of paying for horses he was purchasing. The paying teller informed him that he could not place it to his account until he Sent it to the Union Bank and had it ceitiiied, to which Deton uasented. The draft was then taken to the latter bank and immediately certified as correct, and the amount paid over in the exchanges to the Bank of Ontario. In the inside of a week the draft was discovered to be a forgery, the amount having been raised from $25 to $2 5(10. In the meantime the depositor had drawn out 33,400 on account, and had alisconded. The Union Bank then demanded the return of the 55,000. which the Bank of Ontario refused, but (*firl‘t’d the bal- ance remaining to thc Crtd|t of the forger. This the former devlined. and entered an ac- tion in the Superior Court for the recovery of the full amount. The vrrdict was for the Bank of Ontario, and to day the Court of Ap- peal confirmed it on the simple grounds that the defendzims had exercired every necessary precaution before accepting or paying the draft, and that any error or want of caution was entirely on the Side of the Union Bank. It appeared from the evidence adduced in this case, that up to the time this fraud was per- petrated not a single bank in Uunnde was in the habit of Stilldlnfl advice by post to a Biography of the Boss Bibulist of the Do- minion. Harry idlemy, who died at Toromo, aged 66, the other day, was born in Cookstown county of '131'one,Ircl.1:.d, whurc his fathu' was 1111111111111 gardener Up to 17 yrars of age he bolmwd honself like other young men; then he “11111111 to roam 1111111111 so he made his W113 to 151:.- ‘fast and got aboard a Vessel sailing ion Q11eb1c.111ole121 \ias1aging when he arrivid, 11.1111 he made hasie to Toronto, the look of which place made him bend his 9118 back to Whitby. There he was cm- ‘ 1 ycd by a farmer for ayear', and then he re. turned to Toronto, where he got work with Mr. Harper, the builder. He was paid $10 per month and his board. This was in 1833. By going for his washing to .11 certain 1:111: 1dry he was thrown into the society of certain young men, and he soonjoinedin their sprnces He got so bad that Mr. Harper discharged him. and to make matters worse he went to board at this washing house. He was engaged for six monihs with Mr. James Brown, wood dealer, at $111 a month, without board. Thou he went to Uhathum. where he was three months with Capt. Williams, as waiter. When he lost this place he was a year out of work and lived on money he had saved. During this year he fell into 11 four- teen fee; drain, was captured bva policeman and sent down by Mr. Gurnvtt forthirty days. He was twenty-five yearn. old at this time. and when he came out went to Chatham. where he engaged with. a Dutchman, and was discharged two weeks afterwards. He was next waiter on a steamer, andwhon the hands were paid ofi‘ got drunk in Port Stanley and was robbed. He made his way to Buflalo, about 100 miles where he picked up a few dollars and then got to Toronto, Capt. Mc- Oauley engaged him as gmdcner and made him overseer but no soomr had the captain gone to England than Harry Henry was drunk. Of course he was discharged when the captain 1etu1',n1d but he managed to keep out of the hands of the police 1111 nine ' months, beingr finally captured and sent down 1 for fifteen days. lionr (113's after his rehasei he was down again for thiIty (111311. Next, year he was eight times in jail. His 1 l l l l W John offered to pay his pa: >aye back to Ire-l land and. keep' .1i1n in jail 1ill the wssel saili ad, but Harry would 1111'. go. In 1836 he en listed for 11x mOlldJS in the Queen 5 Light Inlaniry, and was [11011611111111 the burning of Montgome y ’15 hotel as well as the hanglng of two rebels on Adelaide some: now the Court House. When the regiment was at Niagara be and 01111 re broke into 11 llltel cellar, and got drunk, for which he was sent to Niagara jail for two weeks. Albtl‘ his 111: chame his brother got him to sign the pledge and sent him on toNew Yoik Hairy got drunk before starting and was drunk when he arrived. He was up before the. liag- s mm and discharged He crossed in Brooklyn , not a little work and was again (hunk before night. After a 5111 ht dztention he made. his way to Harlem where he lost another place tlno‘duh drink. Having strucx a p dice 111mm with a black bottle Harry was sent to Blackwell‘ 11 Island for six months. Being lib- rated before his term was up. and given some monoy,l1e got on the boat for Albany, drunk again, liber ated; drunk once more, and down for ten days. He went on to LittleFalls not drunk, and was sent down for ten days. The juilor gave him a little money, and he went on to Auburn, where he spent his money and trumped on to Cayuga; got a situation and lost it through a spree ' reached Rochester and got three months; in achcd Lewiston and was drunk twice; reached Hamilton and had delirium tremens’ reached Toronto again in 1858; drunk the day after his arrival and sent down for fourrem days ' drunk again on the day of his llbt rmion and down for thirty davs , two hours after liberation was once more in the hands of the police. After this. convictwns came fast and he was eventually sent to the Central Prison where he acted as waiter for Capt. Prince. Since 1858 prison has been Hariys home, except for eight months during which the police Were instructed not to arrest him. This .plan ~was of..no effect. A". American lady tried to get him to an ineb1iate asylum in the States, but he would not go further than Hamilton because she would not give him dinner there During Governor Allen a regime Harry had a good time, lut whether it was to chase an escaped pi g or to 110 a mes- sage, Harry never got outside of the prison walls without being brought back drunk. The prison missionary got Haxry converted to temperance some time ago, but it has been pretty much the old storv, his failing physi- cal powers, less than any failure of his appe- tite having kept him from appearing before the Magistrate. Liability on a Forged and Accepted Draft. ; much when a draft was isnued upon it, as . as long been 1110 00.4: in Great Britain. The practice. however, is now uuivm'sal in all banks in the Dominion, and it “ill put an end to all such frauds 8.3 that of Deton, who, it may be stated, has never been captured on punished. â€"Tbat exquzsite mnfiument of aucneut Irish art, the Tam branch, more (1‘ licate than the first Etruman work, was suld by {he finder to a Drogheda goldmlith for 31 25. â€"â€"The snow in England in October puzzled the swallows. They skimmed over the whit- e ed ground repeatedly. eviueutly in search of firm. The next day these. happy bipeds ad all left for the sunny soulh. â€"The Brampton Public School Board have declined to take any further charge of the County Model School, and the county rulers have appointed a committee to report. as to the best means of canymg on Ihli institution. “Banner. For all the use Model Schools are they might as well be abolished.â€"~Halton Ncws. -â€"The Earl and Counuss ofFitzwilliam are passing the winter in Ireland at their beauti- £1113th Cooiatiu, in the romantic county of Wicklow, among a tenantry by whom he is much beloved. His tenants are in a most prosperous condition‘ and 3119 maxim that property has it?» duties as “911 as rights is fully carried out. Mr. Pameli‘s property is close by, and though nut at allilliberally man- aged, his tenants are not all in the same pros- perous condition. HARRY HEN RY’S DEATH. 'A BANK SUIT. in the town that day. and as the additional cargo had been stowed safely, " all hands and the cook" went ashore to witness this world famed sport. to enjoy which is the summum barium of the Spaniard's existence. The fight was to begin at 8 o’clock. and the party proceeding to the huge amphitheatre in the suburbs of the town, found, after paying their entrance fee, about ten cents each, the immense tiers of seats ranged one above the other. swarming with men, women and child- ren engaged principally in shouting, squab- bling and sipping wine. the common drink of the country. Sharp on time the bull, a big fellow. with long dangerous looking horns. entered the arena followed on foot by a man, decked out in a blue tunic with belt and cape, and red knee breeches. On his head was the regular Spanish hat with broad flapping rim, while over his shoulders was thrown several yards of red bunting.with which he proceeded to provoke the bull by flaunting it in its face. The hull charged straight upon him, but he stepping nimbly aside threw the hunting over the horns of the excited animal as it rushed past him. At this juncture the bull’s real tormentor entered on horseback. fancifully dressed, and armed with a long slender spear. He at once made for the rear of the bull, but it, infuriated by the flag which hung dangling over its head. turned round sharp. as if on a. pivot. and in the twinkling of an eye had gored the horse in the belly to the whole depth of its horns, causing the wounded animal to sink dying to the ground with a groan which was only drowned by the deafening cheers of the spectators. Ere the the bull‘s horns were well freed from its victim, its rider was mounted on another horse, which met an even speedier fate than its predeces- sor. The bull charged full upon it, and run- ning one of its horns between its front legs, had pierced it to the heart before its rider could direct its slightest movement. Again ; did the audience relieve their highly strung nerves in a prolonged shout, and again was the daring fighter supplied with another horse. This time he was more nimble, and managing to get behind the beast, he ran up along side of it and drove his spear in behind the left shoulder stabbing it to the heart. It may here be stated that a Spanish bullflghter would be hissed from the arena, if he killed:his animal otherwise than by piercing its heart. As what has been related all took place within twenty minutes, another bull and another horseman were forthcoming to prolong the sport. This animal was much less ferocious than the former, and after being dodged round the ring for some time, it ran at and knocked over both horse and rider amid the jeers and laughter of the throng of onlookers. The man. however, had broken his arm, and had to be jerked :from the arena in double quick time by a couple of attendants. while another combatant came forward as a substi- tute and mounted the same horse. This man seemed to be an expert at the business, for after goading the bull to a pitch of madness that was terrible to behold. avoiding at the same time its repeated charges. he slipped up behind it and dispatched it with the utmost sang froid eliciting by so doing a perfect storm of applause. This ended the bull light. But after the scene of the tight had been cleared of carcases, the whole amphitheatre emptied it- self into the enclosure. and were left by Mr. Drummond and the crew of the Olympia en- STREETS 0F NAPLES. l The streets themselves are for the most part very narrow and exceedingly filthy. Many of them, notwithstanding the brilliancy of the Italian sun, never enjoy a beam of its cheering and health-giving light. For blocks and blocks in severalquarters of the town the ‘ caves of the houses on either side of the so- ‘ called streets meet in the middle but a few , feet above the head of the pedestrian, who, if he be not a Neapolitan, will labor under the i sensation of passing through a tunnel. Scat- , l tered in abundance over the surface of these . ‘crooked and winding streets is filth and re- i l fuse of every description. In the more open thoroughfares are to be seen daily scores of ‘ the beautiful, but woefully ignorant and poverty-stricken young girls gathering up scraps of paper, rags and cigar stumps, , which they dispose of, as an only means of obtaining the wherewithal to keep body and ‘ soul together. Moving about the streets, too, ; (specially as evening draws on, are groups of 1 players on various musical instruments. who frequent the taverns or ostirea, where as- semble nightly the majority of the male popu- tion to forget the reality of their misery and novertv in the lively strains of mandalina and deepp ations of wine. One moststriking char- acter 01 the Neapolitan streets, however, is the public barber, who squatshimselt with all . the dignity imaginable on the street corner, ‘ with a little box. which serves equally well as a table or as a stool for his customers. and within which are ranged his cups of water, soap. razor and towel, while above him is erected a huge umbrella to protect his head 5 from the burning rays of the sun. As he = sits there in his rags importuning the passers by with ~‘ una barb: per due soldi,” “ ashaveior two cents," he presents to the average American or English mind a most picturesque not to say ludicrous picture. Mr. Drummond’s arrangements for sailing having been completed by the 27 th, and he having, through his knowledge of Italian character, managed to avoid making the acquaintanceoi _a Neapolitan poniard. (a thing very easily ‘ done), he boarded the steamer Olympia, _ which weighed anchor on her home bonnd‘ voyage about two o’clock in the afternoon. Besides her regular cargo of fruits and nuts for New York the Olympia had a cargo on board of about 400 Italian peasantry for America. Mr. Drummond being the only English speaking passenger, blinked and messed in the ofiicers’ quarters. The weather on the Mediterranean was most delightful and the short trip across to the Spanish coast was one of the most enjoyable a tourist could hope for. After slightly augmenting the cargo at Gabia, they proceeded to the port of Malaga on the south coast to take in some fruit. Early on Saturday morning, the second day of their stay there, the rumor reached the ship that there was to be a In our Tuesday evening’s edition, was an- nounced the arrival from Rome of John Drummond, who has been hudying sculpture there for the last year. and a representative of the SPECTATOR thinking that some interesting details of his ocean voyage might be obtained and given to its readers, interviewed him and was amply repaid for his trouble. as will be seen from the account given below. Mr. Drummond secured a berth in one of the Anchor Line steamers and was booked to sail from Naples on the 2lst of September last, but owing to the non arrival of his steamer at the specified time, he was compelled to remain in that city for about a week, during which he had many opportunities making observations on the various phases ”of life seen in the Scenes in Naples~A 33 Days' Sail-Span- ish Bull Fight at Malagaâ€"An Atlantic Blow~Twelve Days Below Hatchesâ€" An Italian Row on Board Ship~Poni- ards Freely Used. From the Hamilton SPECTATOR, A Hamiltonian’s Adventures in a Trip from Naples to New York. VOL. XXIII. AN EVENTPUL VOYAGE. BULL FIGHT l a STIFF spasxme oALa, { which blew steadily for twelve days, straining : the steamer's timbers, and making them 1 creak in a way which struck terror to the I souls of the Italians who kept huddled to- , gether in their quarters in the middle deck. 3 During all this time the hatches were nailed L down, and the sea swept over the decks with- 1 out cessation. and it speaks well for the sea- manship of Capt. John Craig, that he kept his ship alive throughout so long a stress of foul weather. As a matter of course, steam made , little headway against such opposing wind, and fears began to be entertained that the 1 supply of beef and biscuit would fall short, and rations were accordingly slightly reduced. i This fact coupled with their irksoma confine- i ment below deck rendered the Italians very I troublesome. The women in particular were , most obstinate in their attempts to come on deck, when if they had done so would surely have been swept overboard. One morning l when the gale was at its height a woman, appeared on the gangway leading to the i loreoastle, and when told by a sailor to go be- ‘ low or it would be the worse for her, she . promptly drew a.poniard and ‘ gazed in tripping the light fantastic on a most ! extensive scale. Four Railroad Smashups in the Vicinity (g lzgfl‘alo, Involving Probably Six ea 3. BurnLo, Nov. 27.â€"â€"Four railroaa accidents occurred in this vicinity to-day. involving the probable death 01 six men. Morris Cornell, at the round-house, boarded an engine to run it into the round-house. Attempting to re- verse it, he found it impossible, as the reverse would not work. The engine crashed into a. construction train, killing Frank Kuvanagh instantly and severely injuring John Cosgrove and J amen Hillery. sxonrmo wrrn Karma, 8 general butchery only being prevented by the determined conduct of Capt. Craig and his officers who rushed among them and restored order. As it was, three of the quarrelsome fellows had received gushes, two of them in the hip and the other in the arm. Fortuate- ly they were not of a serious nature and did not prevent the captain from putting their re- cipients and all others concerned in the melee, in irons. They were released at the end of twenty-four hours. but their prompt punish- ment had the desired eflect of keeping their companions quiet ever after. Shortly after these disturbances occurred the wind happily lulledand the emigrants with safety come upon deck again. This of course removed the irritation and temptation to quarrel, and no further trouble was occasioned. Nothing worthy of notice occurred till they arrived at New York, which they did after the unusually long voyage of thirty-three days. Mr. Drum- mond is to be congratulated upon finding himsell once more among his friendsin Hem- ilton. and it is to be hoped that into whatever lands his artistic studies may lead him in the tuture,his travels may terminate as fortunate- ly as this one has. A CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS. While train No. 19, on the Boston, New York and Philadolphia Railway, was crossing a trestle this morning. near Holland, two rear car: left. the track and went rolling down an embankment about twenty feet, making a. complete revolution and falling into the midst of the section hands, some fifteen in number. The fatally injured are Jefi Gear, of Holland, Joseph Silawny, of Protection, and John Loohy, of Protection. The seriously injured are Jacob Wolf. of Holland. Martin Wicker, of St. Marys, Pm, Samuel Leech, conductor, and two others whose names could not be ob- tained. BTABBED Hm IN THE RIP. The woman was at once disarmed and taken before the captain. The unfortunate sailor, whose name is Mike Darling, was handed over to the ship’s doctor who dressed the wound and continued to attend him for the rest of the voyage. When the captain was informed of the affair he found himself in a dilemma as to how he should deal with it. If be punished the woman as she deserved, he would doubtless stir up the Italians armed as they were to a man. with their deadly knives. while if he allowed her her liberty. he knew not how far her, stabbing propensities might lead her. He chose the latter alternative and allowed her to go. All was quiet during the the next day. but on the second morning after, some of the men began squabbling over their rations of biscuit, and words leading to blows several of them clutched each other and began The St. Louis express on the New York Central & Hudson River Railway, bound east, with thirteen passenger cars, heavily loaded, met with an accident at the Forks, seven miles from the city. Only three sleepers re- mained on the track. S. Taylor, of Ithaca, and Miss Laura Dull. of Oneida. were both seriously injured. The company attribute the accident to a broken wheel, but it is rumored a telegraph operator neglected to have a switch set, and failing to do it himself, when he saw the train coming, ran away. All on board once more, the Olympia was steaming snugly out of the harbor, when, to the chagrin of all. she stuck on a sun BANK, and was removed only at the end of the third day, by the united efforts of some three or four tugs. They at once proceed to Gib- raltar to take in sufficient coal for the voyage. During the time of loading a fine opportunity was offered of gazing upon the celebrated fortress, the key of the Mediterranean, which, however, is too well known to need any de- scription here. They then steamed across the straits to the port of Tangier. on the Mo- rocco coast, for a consignment of licorice root. Here they stayed a day. which was spent by Mr. Drummond and four of the shins’ officers in a. trip inland on the backs of five diminu- tive and exceedingly lazy donkeys, engaged at five soldas apiece, the bargain. however, in- cluding a couple of urchins whose oflice it was C remain in close proximity to the rear of the donkeys, and by sundry grunts and frequent prodding with a goad, keep these most docile of animals alive to a proper sense of their duty. The country was found to be very hilly, rugged and perfectly sterile. Farther in the interior, they were told. the soil was very fertile, fruits especially growing in great luxuriance. Leaving Tangier they sailed due west as far as the Azores or Western Islands, where a further shipment of fruit was made, nothing of event occurring in the interven- ing trip. When about four days out from the Azores a nor‘ wester’ sprang up. which after a few hours fltful blowing settled down into About 1.30 this morning a collision occur- red at the crossing of the Lake Shore& Michi- gan Southern and Buffalo Creek Railways, between the express train going east and a switch train of coal cars. The last coach of the passenger train. the sleeping cm City of Hamilton, was struck in the centre by the coal dumps, thrown from the track and badly smashed. No person injured. A Galveston poet came into the sanctum hurriedly, with a copy of the News in his hand, and goiqg up to the editor remarked : “ I did not notice my little poem on the ‘Golden Tints of Expiring Autumn,‘ I suppose it was crowded out.” “No; it was crowded in." “ I don’t see it.” “ Look in the waste-basket. That’s when it wa- arawded in.”-Galvum Nuns. NOT CROWDED OUT. RICHMOND HILL, THURSDAY, DEC. 9, 1880, Bochefon announces this morning his in- tention to apply to the municipal authorities for perm asion to have statues erected in cer- tain publiic places in memory of the heroes 0! the Commune . A St. Petersbnrg dispatch my: : A ukaae has been issued accepting the resignation of the Governor-General of Kasan, who was im- plicated in the recent acts of cruelty to the Tax-tars. The St. Petersburg Vosti is informed that the British Charge d’Afi'aires has been in- structed to address representations to the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs relative to Russia’s attitude on the Persian frontier in view of the Kurdish insurrection. A correspondent at Dublin states that owing to the continued opposition to the erection of a police but at New Pallas, and other disturbing events, two companies of infantry, two troops of cavalry, and a detach- ment of artillery with two guns will be sent there. It is said that the British Foreign Office has asked 001. Synge to refund the £12,000 advanced as his ransom from Turkish bri- gande. The British bark Challenge, from Quebec, has been totally wrecked on the island of Gigha, one of the Hebri es and 38‘ an of her crew drowned. . m Armnor is current. in Lundu‘n ram) the contemplated marriage of the Baroness Bur- den-Counts with Mr. Ashmead Bartlett. has been broken ofi. A Prague dispatch says a popular meeting of the young Czech party was closed on Satur- day by the authorities on account of tumultu- ous proceedings. It is stated that the Spanish Government has decided to reinforce the Birr garrison by 600 men, and to dispatch troops to Banagher, Portumna and several other small western towns. A parish priest. of Ballinrobe has received a letter in which he is threatened with instant death if Boycott is shot. The letter bears the Monaghan postmark. Aoon-eapondent at Rome hears that the Irish Land League has ordered all money from America. to be sent to Paris, instead of Dublin. A dispatch from Melbourne says the com- mander and six of the crew of H. M. S. Sandfly have been murdered at the Solomon Islands. A dispatch from Teheran says Sheik Ab- duilah is reported to be negotiating with the principal Kurds to form a coalition against Persia. in the spring. The Pérnvian Guano Company has receiv- ed a telegram stating that the Uhiliana occu- pled Pisco, 130 miles south of Lima, on the 20th inst. without opposition. The Agence Russe says : “ If Persia. is un- able tosubdue the Kurds, Russia, considering the vicinity of her own frantier, would doubt- less feel bound to aid Persia." A diupmch from Calcutta to the Times says : Orders have been issued for me removal of the telegraph line between Peshawar and Lund-i-Kotal. This seems to indicate the speedy evacuation of the Khyber, which is the sole remainingfruit of the campaign in north- ern Afghanistan. The Berlin Gazette declares Berlin and the neighboring towns in Estate of siege for an- r ther year. At an immense land meeting in Loughrea several priests were present. Many agitators carried naked swords. How it is Maintainedâ€"How Long it is Likely to Last. How is the heat of the sun maintained How long has it lasted? How long will it continue? Two theories are advanced. The first that the heat is caused by ACork dispatch says the steward of th ship Surprise, who shot at a can-driver, has been dischmged. The Archbishop of Goa. Primate of the East is dead ~. PLANETS FALLING INTO THE SUN, From its present orbit, by which it appears 1 that Jupiter would maintain the sun’ s pres- ent expenditure of energy for 32 254 years. ‘ and Mercury for six years and 219 days and that the colapse of all the planets upon the sun would generate sufficient heat to main- tain its supply for nearly 46,000 years; and after estimating that matter equal to only about one one-hundredth part of the mass of the earth. falling annually upon the solar sur- face,would maintain its radiation indefinitely. Prof. Young thinks improbable‘ from astron- ical reasons, that any such quantity ofmatter can be supposed to reach the sun. 80 large a quantity of matter would necessitate a vastly greater quantity circulating around the sun. between it and the planet Mercury. But if there were near the sun meteoric matter equaling. for example, the mass of the earth, it ought to produce an observable efieot on the motions of Mercury and no such efleot hal yet been made. Astronomers, therefore, failing to find a full explanation of the cause of solar energy in this hypothesis, have adopted a second one, which is that crux sun’s 111mm“ rs snow“ coxrmemne, And that the gaseous man u gradually lique- Wm. E. Brockwny, the alleged forget and counterfeitcr, has surrendered the plates from which bonds were printed to the Government, and Brockway was then allowed to become his own bondsman, giving $5,000 for his ap- pearance when wanted. It is said new that he will noS be prosecuted. A telegram from Berlin informs the State Department that the cases of the American naturalized citizens. who have been arrested in Alsace and Lorraine on charges of owing military servxce. have been decided in accord- ance with the claim of the United States Governmant A number of prominent ministers who be- long to the Evangelical Alliance, of St, Louis, met yesterday and decided to bring suits against saloons, theatres and other places of amusement, and all violators of me Sunday lsw. Lucius Hotchkiss, retired bankor of New Haven, Conn.. died yesterday mrm v ,, nud- denly. His wife being informed i :1; he was dying fell dead on the bed beside 111111 He was 78 and she was 72. The trial of B. F. Allen, preaidnnt defunct Cook County National Bank, on: with fraud against the Gavenmwmt the bank’s creditors began yesterday m0, at Chicago. The President has issued a. proclamation that all discriminating duties .md imports against foreign vessels entering American ports shall be suspended in {be case a! Chinese vessels. Difitheria is spreading rapid}? at Coilege Point, L. 1. Five deaths the pass twenty- four hours. The report of the chief of the bureau of equipment and recruiting states that there were 7,322 men and boys in the naval service on June 30th. The st'eamship' Silesia, from Europe, brought 2,250,000 francs to New York yes- tel-jay: American. Fifty-one faml cases of dipthcria occurred in grooklyn, N. Y" {@th week. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. THE SUN’S HEAT. Cable Notes. 3R and ling the I was considered an excellent marks- man. When the English began their ascent I left my post and went to an infan- trymen and asked him to lend me his gun. He did so. I asketi him ‘How many balls are there in this ?’ He said there was one. I asked him {or another and rammeditjin the gun. I went to the edge of the line end,tnking aim. fired at Brock His face was partly turned to the troops as Ifired. He fell almost instantly, and 1 hurried back tom; post. “ It was some time after I fired before the attack of the English was made. They fought but a few moments and then retreated. My captain met me coming into line after shoot- ing Brock and he ordered me under arrest, and then pointing to the gun told me to take charge of it. I attempted to inform him what I had done. but he would not listen. When the fighting had ceased I was sorry for my part in the affair. The main body of the English, from Fort George, coming up.routed us in every direction. A large number of our militia could be seen on the American shore, but they refused to come to our assistance. The English were infuriated because of the den th of Brook, and showed no mercy. With several others, I reached the river and swam across. While swimming three of our party were shot dead. and I was wounded in the hack of the neck. When able for service I was promoted to a captaincy. I was in ser- vice at Sackett’s Harbor until the close of the A violent storm had been raging for forty- eight hours. in the midst of which a march was made from Fort Niagara to Lewiston. Here Waleot was selected as one of the forty artillerists to accompany Colonel Solomon Van Bensselaer, who was in immediate charge of the invading troops and who took the first boat across the river in the darkness of the early morning. The object of attack was Queenstown Heights. 3 point commanding the approaches to the town had by. The invading party were warmly received by the British forces, who were routed, however, from the foot of the heights. Of the first shots fired Welcot received one in the right leg, and in a subsequent engage- ment he sustalned a wound in the left thigh. The commandant, Van Rensselaer, was also dlsabled, and Lieutenant (afterward General) Wool succeeded in command. Under his di- rection the band of Americansbegan an ascent of the heights toward a redan battery located far up the acclivity, the way being led by the forty strong artillerists, notwithstanding the fact that many of them were wounded. Wal- cot remembers seeing the blood trickling from the shoes of their commander, Wool. In the meantime Gen. Brock, whose head. quarters were at Fort George, seven miles Irom the scene of battle, was hastening to the spot. “ Our troops," says Walcot, “ were waiting the attack. I could see General Brock as he approached, leading the charge, and by his side rode another general officer. Brock was a fine-looking man. and, I un- derstood. very well liked. Up to this time I had not fired a shot at the enemy, although The Mystery of His Death-It is at Last Solved After Sixty-Eight Yearsâ€"The Confession of a Centenarian. (From the Philadelphia Times, Nov. 22.) Gen. Sir Isaac Brock, the illustrious British commander who captured Gen. Hull's army at Detroit, in the war of 1812, fell at the head of his troops in the battle of Queenstown, November 13 of that year. and at this late flay Robert Walcotl a centenarian, of 913 Morris street, who hasbeen brought to his bed through weight of years and infirmities, claims, under oath, to have fired the fatal bullet. The story gleaned from the old wer- rior is interesting, though, with the exception noted, not extraordinary. At the beginning of hostilities in the war of 1812 Walcot. at the age of thirty one, was employed as a blacksmith at Newtown Roads, Massachusetts. It was not until the campign was well under way that he joined the army, and then under the pressure of a draft. General Hull and his entire army had surrendered to General Brock. and recruits were briskly mastering for the army of the centre on the Niagara River, which was contemplating the invasion of Canada under General Van Rensselaer. Walcot left Charlestown Neck in September for the frontier, and under Lieutenant. Colonel Christie’s command arrived at Four Mile Creek the day before the battle of Queenstown. Being robnst and athletic. he was assigned to the Concord Artillery. then of the Thirteenth Regiment and under com- mand of Captain Leonard. That morning an unsuccessful attempt had been made by the American. to cross the Niagara River from Lewiston,but Walcot was in time to take part in the invasion that followed. He has a distinct recollection of the memorable events attending the raid on the 13th of Oc- ober. Many of our readers remember Gen. George A. Sheridan, the eloquent stump-speaker,who in two campaigns spoke with such heppv ef- feet in Rochester. They will be amused with the following anecdote of him: George was recemly coming over from Boston in a sleeping car, where he had a whole section. He was sitting on the lower berth in the morning. about to put his shoes on, when he was accosted by a kind looking gentleman opposite, who was also putting on his shoes, with the inquiry: “ My friend. are you a rich man ?" George looked astonished, but answered the pleasant-faced, tired-looking gentleman with a “ Yes. I'm tolerably rich." A pause occurred, and then came another question: “ How rich are you 1'” “ About $700,000 or $800,000. Why ?" “ Well.” said the old man. “ if I were as rich as you say you are, and snored as loud as I know you do. I would hire a whole sleeper every time I trav- eled."â€"-Rochestcr Democrat. tying and becoming solid. Tue conclusion is drawn that it this theory be correct there must come a time when there will be no solar heat, as there has also been a time when it began. How far forward is the end, how far backward the beginning ? Newcomb is authority for the statement that with its pres- ent radiation the sun will shrink to half its present diameter in about 5,000,000 years. Reduced to this size, and eight times as dense as now it will cease to be mainly gaseous, and its temperature would» begin to fall. Hence Newcomb assigns as the term during which the sun can supply heat enough to support life on the earth as we know life, a period of 10,000.000 years. The writer some- what more confidently casts his eye backward, and concludes that the sun cannot have been emitting heat at the present rate for more than 18,000,000 years, it its heat had been generated in the manner described. The pos- sibility of collision with wandering stars. and the suggestion of ways as yet unconceived of for restoring wasted energy, are followed by the statement that “ the present order of things appears to be limited in either direc- tion by terminal catastrophes which are veiled in clouds as yet impenetrable." â€"â€"Mrs. Francis Hodgson Burnett is so ill, that she writes while lying on her back. She is writing 9. new novel. â€"Mr. O’Connor. of Harrieton, has been appointed head master of the Owen Sound High School at. a. salary of $1,300. The for- mer head master received the appointment 0! element! manor. SOME‘VHAT 0B A Bflulillfl. GENERAL BROOK. Gel; Correspondence of the New York Sun, an WEBTMINIBTEB, B. 0.. Nov. 17.â€"â€"The second trial of the Kamloops murderers has come to a close, and, as in the previous trial, Charles, Archie and Allen Mclean, and their companion Hare, have been found guilty of the murder of Constable Uesher on the 7th of December last, and a settler named James Keley four days later. They were sentenced to be hanged on Jan. 17. Doubts have been , raised as to the legality of the conviction, and i the case will be carried to Ottawa. l‘heee young 3 half-breeds were. for a. long time before their ‘ capture. the terror of the Kemloops district, t and have long been known as the Kamloops I outlaws. They have been in jail for various oflenses, one of them for biting 03 n. Siwash’e nose, and had escaped. Then they engaged in horse stealing. and threatened to kill any man who attempted to arrest them. Last December they made a raid through the dis- trict. stealing horses and creating intense ex- citement among the settlers. On Dec. 6, 1879, Constable Usshcr, with Duputies Palmer. Shumway, Roberts, McLeod and Roxbury, started out on the trail. deter- mined to bring the thieves to justice. Re- wards of $250 each had been offered by the Government and the Hudson Bay Company for their arrest. Ussher thought there would be no trouble in capturing them. and when he and his posse approached the outlaws‘ camp on the morning of Dec. 7, and saw their four horses saddled, Ussher said : “ They‘ll never fire a shot. Come on ; I’ll take the lead.” The weather was bitter cold and the outlaws had alarge fire burning. When within ten paces of the fire the oificers came to a halt. Then Charlie McLean, who was standing on the other side of the fire, gave a low whistle, and a shot was fired, the ball going through Roberta’s beard, cutting off the icicles, and then through McLeod’s cheek, making the blood spurt from his face. Allen McLean then began firing from behind a tree with a pistol as fast as he could, and the other out- laws soon joined in the fusillade. Roberts fired at Allen, and he dodged behind a tree, then came out and began firing again. At this point Ussher got off his horse and called upon the outlaws to surrender. As he started to go toward them, Hare ran from behind a tree with a pistol in one hand and a knife in the other. When the two men met Ussher reached out his left hand and grasped Hare by the right shoulder. As he did so Hare struck at him with his knife. Then the men grappled each other, and Ussher, who was much the lighter oi the two, fell on his back. Hare jumped on top of him with his knees, held him down with his left hand, and again struck at him with his knife. “ Don‘t kill me, boys !" cried Ussher. Archie McLean then ran out from behind a tree, put a rifle within eighteen inches of Ussher's head, and fired. Ussher’s knees raised spasmodically, then his legs slowly straiuhtened out. He was dead. Archie McLean afterward struck him twice over the head with the butt of his rifle. The posse, armed with useless weapons, were held at bay by the outlaws, who fired rapidly from behind the trees, wounding several of poor Usslier’s almost defenseless companions. Seeing that nothing could be done, the posse returned to Kamloops for help, and a band of seventy specials was at once organized and properly equipped. and returned to the scene of the murder. arriving there after dark. They found the camp fire of the outlaws ‘ still burning. Ussher's body was ‘ lying near the spot where he ‘fell. It was , frozen stifl‘. The head was covered with l blood, and there was a hole through the l centre of the forehead. the bullet coming out ‘ near the jugular vein. The posse started after the murderers at once with all speed. The outlaws made for Nicola. On the 10th of December they appeared before the house of James Kelly and demanded food. Hegave them all me had, but they called him to one side and put four bullets through him. Alarmed, the outlaws then made for the Indian Reserve between Nicola and Kamloops, but were surprised on the 12th by the specials, who found them in a cabin on the shores of Douglas Lake. A regular siege was com- menced after the first refusal of the fugitives to surrender. The besiegers, who numbered nearly one hundred, commenced firing. and kept up the fusillade until the clapboarding of the cabin was blown to pieces, and a white handkerchief was exhibited by the besieged. After a short parley the outlaws came outone by one, placed their rifles against a tree, and , surrendered. They were at once securely pinioned and taken to Kamloops. The first trial ot the murderers was begun on March 15, with the charge of Mr. Justice Crease to the Grand Jury, in which he referred to the McLean keys as sons of a gallant man, who was shot while serv1ng his country in the Chillcoteen expedition. and hinted that the state was partly responsible (or the predatory lives they had since led and the crimes they had committed in not caring for and educating them. The testimony taken was conclusive of their guilt, and the J udge's charge bore heav- ily against the prisoners, including Archie McLean, the youngest. whom be pronounced as responslble in the eyes of the law as though he were a full grown man. The jury, after an absence of twenty-two minutes, came into court with a verdict ofguilty of willful murder against all the four prisoners, in which ver- dict the Judge said he entirelv concurred. They were condemned to be hanged. but ob- tained a. new trial, which has resulted in a like conviction and sentence. The father of the three McLeans was in his lifetime chief factor of the Hudson Bay Com- pany of British Columbia. He came to his death in the Chillcoteen massacre of 1864, when, with a band of whites organized at his own expense, he endeavored to check the In- dians when they attempted to drive the settlers from the district. His death was regarded as a calamity. His wife, the mother of the con- victs bearing his name, was a beautiful wo- man, and at her death was highly accom- plished, although McLean educated her him- self. Archie McLean, the youngest of the three brothers, is a tall. slender youth, with dark hair and swarthy skin. Although only 17 years old, and a boy in appearance, he is probably the most determined scoundrel of the four. Allen McLean is 25 years old, dark and handsome, with a splendid physical develop- ment. He has jet black hair and whiskers, and eyes that blaze like coals offire. Heis tall and straight as an arrow, and, with his stal- wart frame, swarthy complexion and air of savage unconcern. is a type 0! Hugh, the half gypsy, whose character Dickens so vividly describes in “ Barnaby Budge." Charlie is 19 years old; he, too. is tall and muscular, but he has heavy, beelling brows, and a coarse and sinister expression. Alex- ander Bare is 18 years old, broad shouldered, with a squat figure, and of amazing strength. All four have the high cheek bones and broad nostrils of the Indian race. A fourth McLean, Hector, the eldest of the family, is also under indictment for aiding and abetting his broth- ers. He was arrested at Kamloops while pur- chasing food and ammunition for them, but beyond that he was in no way concerned in the murders. During their incarceration they have shown intense hatred for their cap- 1 tors, and repeatedly attempted to injure those who were near them. It has been generally supposed they calculated upon being able to make their escape, but they have been well watched, and, unless executive clemency is exercised, they wrll doubtless receive the punishment they so richly deserve. -w- M- “rm“. ~~~~~ “3.--, .- l Thos. Long, Secretary of the Georgian Bay Transportation Company, to the effect that he had passed the pilot house and a portion of the wreckage of the steamer Simcoe, and i also picked up the captains desk, containing i books, papers, etc, 013 Michael’s Bay. The ISimcoe left Chicago last Friday laden with grain, pork and cornmeal for this port, and is now overdue three days. The owners think this report is correct. Nothing has been heard of the crew and passengers, if any, on board. LINDSAY, Ont., Nov. 27.â€"Two young girls named Holtorf and Siever, whose parents live in Lindsay, were sleigh riding down a hil that leads into the river. Their sleighs carl i ried them out on the ice, which broke and let ithem in. The young girl named Siever was i drowned, the other one being rescued. The i body has not yet been recovered. â€"â€"â€"-“_ PAINTING A FLAGSTAFF ON A BET. In 1876 Capt. B, Dengen Kolb. a Democrat of Brooklyn. made a bet with Capt. J. Burger, a Republican of that city, that if Tilden should be elected the Republican was to climb the flagstaff on the roof of the Demo- crat’s rcsidenee,wiihnut using a ladder, or 2 having any assistance, and paint it red from s top to bottom. In case of Tilden's defeat the Democrat was to do the same to the Repub- ; lican’s flag pole in the same Way. On the i following St. Patrick’s day, Capt. Dengen . Kolb, in the face of a bitter snow-storm, and ; in the presence of a large number of specta. ' tors, climbed and painted Capt Burger‘s flag- , staff. This year Capt. Dengen Kolb made a similar bet, and he is now determined to either break his neck in honor of Gen. Han- cock or paint Capt. Burger’s flagstafi green.- 1 New York Star. E -â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"-.â€"â€"â€"-â€"..~ t ~â€"Building continues very active in Paris. The rental of the city is estimated at 8116.- 000,000. (41 4/ THE KAMLOOPS OUTLAWS. WHOLE NO. 1,169.â€"â€"N0. 3 [/WM ST. PAUL, Nov. 24lâ€"The accident yester- on the Hastings and Dakota. Railway, was at Bopkiu’s statlon. A bank in process of ex- cavation, fell upon the men working under it. killing [our men and fatally injuring another. BEanN, Nov. 26.â€"â€"-A laboring man named James Hammu, formerly in the employ of the G. '1‘. 1%., while walking on the mimay track this morning was struck by an angina and re- ceived such severe inj ui‘ien tha‘ he died this afternoon. 1‘ is supposed ihat being a little deaf he did not hear the train in time {0 save himself. LINDSAY, Nov. 26,â€"While John Copeland, a farmer, was dissipating in one of our bars last; evening, his team, which had left him and started down the track. was run over by the train due at Lindsay at 9.10. Both horses were killed and the tender of the en- gine thrown from the track. BELLEVILLE, Nov. 26.â€"A two year old child of Mr, PMer Lusk, near Tweed, fell into a. pail of hot. wntrr a few days ago and died yesterday from the eflucts of the scalding. NEW Yuan. Nov. 26. “Juhn Stevens was locked up in the (amnion .house last. niuht as temporanly insane. This morning he was found dead in the cell. The policeare blamed for not sending him to the hospital. COLLINGWOOD, Nov. 26.â€"A private dispatch has been received this afternoon from Capt. Kiah of the Canada, from Ohehoygen, to Thos. Long, Secretary of the Georgian Bay Transportation Company, to the efieet that he had passed the pilot house and a portion of the wreckage of the steamer Simone, and also picked up the captains desk, containing books, papers, etc, ofi Michael’s Bay. The Simcoe left Chicago last Friday laden with grain, pork and cornmeal for this port, and is now overdue three days. The owners think this report is correct. Nothing has been heard of the crew and passengers, if any, on board. LINDSAY, Ont., Nov. 27.â€"Two young girl! named Holmrf and Siever, whose parents live in Lindsay. were sleigh riding down a hi1 that leads into the river. Then‘ sleighs curl ried them out on the ice, which broke and let them in. The young girl named Siever wnl drowned, the other one being rescued. The body has not yet been recovered. Guzman), Nov. 26. â€"A Buffalo sailor named Gordon, who was tr’amping from Detr'oit. was badly injured by falling under the Wheels of a height train. It is supposed he became numbed with cold and lost his hold. Twenty cars passed over bun. He died this morning Tonomo, Nov. 29.»~â€"Mrs. Mickey, an aid lady who resides at No, 9 Chestnut. sweet, fell down stairs while descending from the oflice of Growther d: Tiltou, Church street. and injured herself so badly that she died inn few moments. Her skull was fractured. ST. THOMAS, Nov. 26. «About seven o’clock this evening a boy named John Irond, while crossing the Great Western track, an engine struck him and ran over him, killing him in- stantly. HARRISBURG, Pm, Nov. 26.â€"â€"Henry Po“, an, amember of Post & Bros., manufacturers, was run over last evening on the Lebanon Valley Railroad and dragged 40 yards. Hil skull was crushed and both legs cut off. Iu 1876 Capt. B, Dengen Kolb. a Democrat of Brooklyn. made a bet with Capt. J. Burger, a Republican of that city, that if Tildeu should be elected the Republican was to climb the flagstaff on the roof of the Demo- crat’e residence, wiihnut using a. ladder, or having any assistance, and paint it red from top to bottom. In case of Tilden's defeat the Democrat was to do the same to the Repub- lican’e flag pole in the same Way. On the following St. Patrick’s day, Capt. Dengen Kolb. in the face of a bitter snow-storm. and in the presence of a large number of specter tore, climbed and painted Capt Burger‘s flag- stafif. This year Capt. Dengen Kolb made I similar bet, and he is now determined to either break his neck in honor of Gen. Han- ST. JOHN, N. 13., Nov. 27.â€"The barn o! J. C. Patterson, at Sussex, K. 0., took fire at 6 o’clock this morning. While endeavoring to save the cattle, EL young man named George Thompson. belonging to St. John, was burned to death. Mr. Panerson and Mr. McDougall narrowly escaped the same fate. The 1min contained 30 head of (settle. a large quantity of farm products and. farm implements. Loss heavy ; no insurance. Patterson has been very unfortunate of late. 3870 having been stolen from his house quite recently. Bonmam‘ow, N J., Nov. 26,â€"01133. Ross, an aged colored man, was murdered last mght. at the house of Charles Moss. where a. party was bei 1g held. Hemy Williams and Charles Moss were arrested, charged with being accessory to the deed. GALVESTON, Tex., Nov. 26.â€"The rearcoaoh of a passenger trainwas thrown from the track near Arcola, injuring two ladies and one old gentleman, the latter seriously. JERSEY CITY, N. J., Nov. 25.â€"Whila Martha Lehlback, aged 25 years, was sitting asleep in front. of a. kitchen range early this morning, her clothes igniied and she was burned to death. Lately she has lived un- happily with her husband. and instead of going to bed she passed the nights alongside of the kitchen range. BELLEVILLE. Nov. 25. â€"Thomas Stnpely. a little boy ten years of age. was arrested here last night on a charge of theft and attempted burglary. On Tuesday evening the key was stolen from the lock in Mr. Hopkins’ store on Front street, and that gentleman procured a. new lock. Next morning he saw in the snow small footprints leading to his shop door. About 5 p.111. yesterday the boy was seen to steal the key from the door of the shop next to Mr. Hopkins’, and was given into custody. He subsequently confessed that he had stolen Mr. Hopkins' key with the intention of rob- bing the premises. The boy, on account of his tender years. was discharged. . Asnnmn: PARK, N. J., No}. 25.â€"Bandall Borden, a. prosperous merchant of this place. was thrown out of his carriage and killed. VVAUBASIIENE, Nov. 25,â€"John Gamty. aged about 21, son of P. Guraty, of this place, was killed today, while working at Black Rite at one of the Georgian Baylumber companies' camps. A dead tree top struck him on the head. killing him instantly. Tmsoxnnaa, Nov. 25.â€"A man by the name of ’l‘honns Johusen. a stonemason employed on the Air Line bridge. which in being rebuilt here,wa.s instantly killed this afternoon byaheavy pully block falling on his head. Hmnowsnmn. Ont., Nov. 24.â€"â€"-Yeaterday a. sad and tidal ancident occurred near Craig’l Creek, in this township. While K4501], a grandson ofJosuph Watson, Reeve omechin- brooke, a young mun of twenty years of age. was engaged with his father and brother cut- ting saw-lugs, a tree became lodged, and In cutting it off 111a tree slipped off analevalion. striking 111111 and injuring him aflseverely that he died in five minutes. MIDDLETOWN, N. J,' Nov. 24.â€"Geo. Wil- liams and James Jackson, 13 and 16 years of age. were ”rested last night for passing counterfeit money. MARSHALL, Tex., Nov. 24,â€"Smith Hyden and his wife (colored). residing in the east em part of this county, differed on Sunday about church matters, when she split his head with an axe, killing him. The murder- ess has been indicted. NEW YORK, Nov. 24.-The police were no- tified to-day to look out for Hugh Rensch, a missing inventor. fer whom active search has been made in Philadelphia, Brooklyn. 88. Louis and Cincinnati. He was last seen in this city. It. is 3110113111; he has met with foul play on his way to or crossing the North 1-1ver to take the train. He was a foreman ishhe Crescent City Railway 00., New 01'- 0 n1. DISASTERS AND CRIMES.